brantgoose:They can't take off while they're one rat short of a dozen.

FTA, they found the 12th the next day. But that's not the scary part:

ELEVEN live rats were found on a plane arriving for repair on September 30 at southeast China's Xiamen Airport, which inspection and quarantine authorities said was the most rats they had ever detected on an inbound plane.

Apparently they find fewer than 11 rats on a regular basis and it's no big deal.

But seriously. I read the article and the truth is, they found a Momma Rat and ten darling baby rat pups. Then they found another rat, who is presumably Daddy Rat. So it wasn't as bad as it sounds. It was just getting there.

Rats can chew through wires and ducts and things, which can be quite serious on an airplane, less so on a sailing ship. So I am glad they got them.

ImpendingCynic:brantgoose: They can't take off while they're one rat short of a dozen.

FTA, they found the 12th the next day. But that's not the scary part:

ELEVEN live rats were found on a plane arriving for repair on September 30 at southeast China's Xiamen Airport, which inspection and quarantine authorities said was the most rats they had ever detected on an inbound plane.

This infers they've detected more than 11 rats on an outbound plane, no?

FrancoFile:The brownies are ranching them. That explains the low cost of labor in China.

/fyunch(click)

Fun fact: in China you can buy fake milk, fake eggs, fake anything as long as it's cheaper to produce than the real thing. No, customers do not knowingly buy fake eggs or milk, it just turns up in the stores. Rat would be easy enough to process into any manner of "mainstream" meats or products.

ImpendingCynic:brantgoose: They can't take off while they're one rat short of a dozen.

FTA, they found the 12th the next day. But that's not the scary part:

ELEVEN live rats were found on a plane arriving for repair on September 30 at southeast China's Xiamen Airport, which inspection and quarantine authorities said was the most rats they had ever detected on an inbound plane.

Apparently they find fewer than 11 rats on a regular basis and it's no big deal.

Wasn't it in China where there was a Epic Traffic Jam that looked like one of those slide puzzles? Or the freeway traffic measured in weeks? But yeah, that SK traffic is a mess. To be fair though, did you see how far back that traffic line went? I have NO problem believing we would have done just as bad, if not worse.